Free Speech
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GOP-led state AG's demand financial info firms stop backing efforts to ‘De-Bank’ conservatives
Banks often use “reputational risk” or “hate speech” policies to target customers based on politics, the AGs' letter states. Bank of America canceled the accounts of Indigenous Advance, a Tennessee-based Christian nonprofit earlier this year because it “no longer aligns with the bank’s risk tolerance.”
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Gawker redux? Thiel-funded Rumble joins Musk in suing speech police for driving away advertisers
Rumble and X among few platforms safe for sharing viewpoints at odds with elite orthodoxy, from Dublin riots after stabbing of children to New York City's odd COVID statistics.
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Jordan alleges Biden White House also pressured Google to censor Americans via YouTube
Documents obtained by the House Judiciary Committee allege that the White House specifically worked with YouTube to censor "misinformation" about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine.
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'Censorship-Industrial Complex' architect suggested tanking Tesla after Musk purchased Twitter
Tesla shareholders should be "really angry" at Musk for crossing regulators that demand more censorship, Stanford Internet Observatory leader said while warning Musk could cripple misinformation research.
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California college district scrambles after judge greenlights First Amendment suit against DEI rules
State community college chancellor made "disingenuous" claim the regulations are "aspirational" when "their plain language" requires faculty "to express a particular message," magistrate judge says, recommending injunction.
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ACLU sues Florida over the banning of pro-Palestinian student groups
A spokesperson for DeSantis has argued that the governor does have a right to disband the groups.
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Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads claiming 2020 election was rigged
Meta officials reportedly made the decision based on free speech concerns after considering previously contested U.S. elections.
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Speech tax? Library forced gender-ideology critics to pay for cops at event with no known threats
"I was led to believe that the police received intel that there were threats of violence" against Rhode Island event with activist "Billboard Chris" Elston, but emails suggest otherwise, organizer fumes.
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Conservative legal group urged SEC to stop Apple from blocking ‘Free Speech’ in company resolution
The Alliance Defending Freedom says that “Apple itself says they believe in the critical importance of an open society in which information flows freely. But the policies that they have in place are entirely inconsistent with that commitment.”
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Disinformation expert laments loss of power over speech on social media leading up to 2024 elections
Former Twitter executive says that the pendulum is swinging against the disinformation policing industry, according to a new report from the Foundation for Freedom Online. That industry has become a multi-million dollar business and has been accused of collaborating with the Biden Administration to suppress platforms that do not follow the party line.
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Musk says Twitter suppressed Republicans at 10x rate of Democrats before he took over
Musk renamed the platform X after he purchased it in April 2022
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Hollywood legends challenge 'Censorship-Industrial Complex' as right seeks Musk money for lawsuits
John Cleese, Oliver Stone, Tim Robbins join wide coalition against censorship, "visibility filtering" and self-styled "disinformation experts." Musk called on to fund litigation against "state-driven censorship."